Report on Sai Interfaith Conference at Prasanthi Nilayam on 22nd
and 23rd July 2005

THE
RELIGON OF LOVESai Interfaith Conference at
Prasanthi Nilayam

Let
all Faiths exist; let them flourish
and let the Glory of God be sung in
all the languages and in a variety
of tunes. Respect the differences
between the Faiths and recognize
them as valid as long as they do not
extinguish the flame of Unity. The
basic Truth in all religions,
irrespective of country or race, is
One and the same. All religions
exhort man to cleanse the heart of
malice, greed, hate and anger.

–
Baba

‘There is
only one Religion and that is the Religion of
Love’ has been one of the famous adages
of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba whose Divine
Mission is to bring peace in the world and in
the hearts of men. At a time when the world is
riddled with arson and violence in the name of
Religion, where religious fanaticism often
thrusts communal clashes, when the human mind is
compartmentalized in the name of caste and
religion, Prasanthi Nilayam, the Divine Abode of
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba witnessed an
Interfaith Conference – The Religion of Love in
the immediate Divine presence of Bhagawan Sri
Sathya Sai Baba on 22nd and 23rd July 2005
coinciding with Guru Purnima Celebrations.

Participants in
the Meet included representatives from the five
major religions, namely, Islam, Buddhism,
Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. They were
Ahangame Tudor Ariyaratne, the founder the
Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka
representing Buddhism; Maulana Wahiduddin Khan,
an Islamic spiritual scholar, who has set up an
Islamic Centre in New Delhi representing Islam;
Father Henry Fehren, a priest of the Holy
Catholic Church who conducts pastoral and
counselling duty in New York, representing
Christianity; Rabbi David Zeller, an
internationally acclaimed singer, story-teller
and writer and a pioneer of Jewish spirituality
and meditation, representing Judaism and
P.S.Jayarama Sastrigal, a Sanskrit Pandit and
Scholar of repute.

Personal
Profiles of participants:

Ahagammage
Tudor Ariyaratne (Buddhism) is the founder
of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri
Lanka. A former teacher at Nalanda College, he
had conducted the first
Shramadana work camp in 1958, eventually
leading the largest non-governmental
organization in Sri Lanka. He had led tens of
thousands of family gatherings and meditations
with millions of people. He has Doctorates from
Emilo Aguinaldo College, Philippines, and Sri
Jayawardenapura University, Sri Lanka. The seven
volumes of his Collected
Works provide a comprehensive collection
of his speeches and writings.

Dr. Ariyaratne,
recipient of many awards, including the Mahatma
Gandhi Peace Prize, India, and the Niwano Peace
Prize, Japan has been the President of the World
Parliament of Religions.

Maulana
Wahiduddin Khan (Islam) is an Islamic
spiritual scholar, who has been a strong
advocate of
peace and who has set peace as life’s mission.
He was a visionary who understood the need to
present Islamic teachings to suit the modern
world and present day language. Towards this
end, he had established The Islamic Centre in
New Delhi, in 1970 and has been its president
eversince. He has over 200 titles in his credit
as publisher and his commentaries of the Holy
Quran, in English and Arabic and an encyclopedia
of the Quran, done under his guidance is ready
for publication.

Maulana has
represented Islam and Spirituality at
International Inter-faith Islamic and Peace
conferences on several occasions. He has won the
prestigious Demiurgus Peace International Award
2002, for his outstanding achievements in
strengthening peace among nations and developing
a complete ideology of peace.

Father
Henry Fehren (Christianity) was
ordained as a priest of the Holy Catholic Church
in 1948 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA. At present
he conducts his pastoral and conselling duties
in New York. He was a faculty in several
colleges and universities in the U.S. and United
Kingdom and has authored many books and
articles. On TV and Radio he expounds the
universal tenants of love and mutual acceptance
of all others. He is a strong advocate of
Universality of Godhood and the commonality of
all religious faiths. He was the recipient of
several awards from the Catholic Press
Association and an award from the National
Religious Press.

Rabbi
David Zeller (Judaism) is an
internationally known singer, teacher, story
teller, and writer and a pioneer in Jewish
Spirituality and Meditation. He has established
his spiritual teachings beyond the Jewish
Religion to Christians, Sufis, Taoists,
Buddhists and Yoga communities. After
organizational development for the Kibhutz
Movement in 1970 and living as a sadhu in India
in 1971, he was professor at the Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology from 1975. He founded
the Network
of
Conscious Judaism in 1980 and directed the
Shevet Centre for Jewish Spirituality and
Meditation in Jerusalem.

P.S.Jayarama Sastrigal (Hinduism) is a
Sanskrit Pandit and Scholar. He received his
education at Vyakarana Siromani from Annamalai
University and has been conducting Hindu ritual
worship for over fifty years. Titles conferred
on him include: Aanmiga Chemmal, Upanyasa
Thilakam & Muhavai Periyavar. Sastrigal has
authored several books, including Deepa
Sthrothram, 108 Sivarpana Vilva Sthrothram and
Ganapathi Suprabhatam and has several audio
releases to his credit.

Introductory Speech by Dr. Michael Goldstein
Dr Goldstein, Chairman, Prasanthi Council, the
body overseeing the activities of Sri Sathya Sai
Service Organisations worldwide, in his
introductory remarks said: Swami is the
incarnation of selfless love. He has graciously
permitted to hold an interfaith conference in
His presence. Eminent speakers from five major
religions have come to speak to you – Buddism,
Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Judaism. What
is the meaning interfaith? Faith means religion;
inter means between, indicating the existing
division. Hence, the term interfaith implies
division of religions. For us who are devoted to
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, there is only one
religion, the religion of love. There is only
one God, He is omnipresent. All the world
religions are religions of love. The apparent
differences among different religions are one of
emphasis and not of essence. There are different
languages, different rituals and practices. But,
the fundamental spiritual basis is one. Hence,
our conference is really an intra faith
conference, not an interfaith conference.
Spiritual truth is one. Intra means within. Deep
within, at the very basis of world religions,
there is spiritual truth. That is selfless love.

During the course
of human civilization, our beloved Bhagawan in
His many forms incarnated on earth to save
mankind from the process of self- destruction.
Hence, the advent of world religions. The lord
God who is omnipresent, whose nature is selfless
love, and who is with us as Bhagawan Baba,
intervened to save man from his perverse
propensities. The life and message of divine
incarnations were recorded and followed, and
were institutionalized by mankind. They became
the religions of the world. However, all
religions are the religions of love. To live our
lives as examples of selfless love, to serve our
brothers and sisters selflessly and lovingly is
advocated by all of the world religions. Is it
not the purpose of all religions to bring us
back to God? to bring us to the realization of
our divine heritage? Certainly these spiritual
principles are the basic of all religions.

Bhagawan said, the
only redemption for man is the grace of God,
which can be won by constant remembrance of God
and prayer from a pure heart. The purpose of
this conference of religions is to listen to the
men of faith, representing the religions of the
world. They will speak to us in the context of
their own religion and demonstrate spiritual
unity and truth and love in the diversity of
world religions. Let it not be an interfaith
conference, because there is no difference
between the deep spiritual truth of all
religions. Let this therefore become an
intrafaith conference. The divine truth is
within all these religions and within all of us.
The divine truth is one.

on Islam…
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan started his speech with
a prayer. He said: When I reached this
international village, my first encounter was
with Mr. V.K. Kapur. He told me a very beautiful
story. He said that he was travelling from
Jalandhar to Delhi, and suddenly he got a
heartstroke. His heart was badly damaged.
Fortunately, after this he met Baba, and what
happened was a miracle. Baba put his hand upon
his heart and miraculously he was in complete
health. Now he is leading a normal life. He is
in normal health without visiting any doctor or
any hospital. There may be many people who would
have told you such stories. Really it is a
miraculous city. This is my first visit to this
place. I find it to be a spiritual city.
Everywhere I find peace, spirituality, love and
harmony. I remember the words of Swami
Vivekananda. Hundred years ago, he said, that it
is my dream that India will soon emerge as a
spiritual country, a spiritual land. I think
that India is emerging in this international
city. Here Swami Vivekananda’s dream is being
fulfilled.

The topic for this
morning is Islam and the concept of love and
peace. I am a student of Islam and I have
studied Islam in detail. I can say with
conviction that Islam is a religion of love,
peace and harmony. You know the most sacred book
in Islam is Al Khuran. Khuran contains 6500
verses. I can say that 99 per cent of those
verses pertain to love, peace and harmony,
either directly or indirectly. This is the basic
teaching of Islam. The very first verse of
Khuran is about love. This verse introduces God
as one of love and compassion. The prophet of
Islam said, “Adopt the attributes of God in your
life.” It means that we have to adopt the values
of love and compassion in our life. This is the
basic message of love. The most important
message of Islam is that one’s behaviour should
be human friendly. Two basic principles of Islam
is one should be God-worshipper and
man-well-wisher. Well-wisher means one who
loves. So, love is the basic quality expected of
a Muslim. Islam promotes culture of Love and
love contains all human values like compassion,
tolerance etc. The Prophet of Islam says, “God
gives to love what He does not grant to hatred.”
Love makes you powerful and hatred makes you
weak. Islam promotes only love culture and not
hate culture. Islam says, “Do good deed in
return to enemy’s bad deed. You will find that
your enemy becomes your best friend.” It means
that every enemy is your potential friend. What
a beautiful idea! This is a great teaching. See
your enemy as your potential friend.

I would like to
narrate a story from the life of the Prophet of
Islam. The Prophet was born in Mecca in 570 AD.
He lived in Mecca for nearly 30 years. Then he
migrated to Madina, another city of Arabia. One
day the Prophet saw a funeral procession passing
through a street in Madina. The Prophet was
seated at that time. On seeing the funeral
procession, he stood up in respect. One of his
companions remarked, “O prophet! It is the
funeral of a non-Muslim.” The prophet replied,
“Was he not a human being?” It means that,
although there is difference in religion, in
culture, in race, the prophet found a
commonality between himself and the non- Muslim
and that was love. Love is greater than
everything. There may be differences in
religion, culture, etc.; but, there is no
difference in love. You can love everyone. Love
is the greatest binding force between human
beings. All are brothers and sisters. This is
the true message of Islam.

on
Buddhism…This is a great moment in my life. In
1982 July, I came here and sat at the feet of
Baba and I still remember the advice He gave me.
He emphasized both science and spirituality. And
that was a great inspiration to my work.
Everyday I am with hundreds of people belonging
to all religions. But with all of them we are
able to work with great spirit of brotherhood.
Today, I am asked to speak a few words on
Buddhism and Love. In fact, the more you study
religions in depth, it is nothing but love. Lord
Buddha in his discourse said, “In the same way
the mother loves and protects her one and only
child, even at the risk of life, protect all
beings.” In other words, we are asked to love
all beings. This love and kindness towards all
beings and nature ignites within us a certain
divine force, which is demonstrated by Sri Baba.
He is showing clearly that religion is nothing
but love. Under His guidance we are learning
this truth. This is a unique opportunity we have
in this world today.

If love can
manifest in every human heart, what will happen?
Every individual will look at the rest of the
beings with great love and kindness. We see
around us so much of suffering. So many are
hungry and poor. Love and kindness (called
Mettha or Mitri) can be translated into action.
Most of you are young. Go in search of those who
are suffering and try to remove the causes that
lead to their suffering. Give water to those who
do not have water to drink. That is
compassionate action. In every sphere of life,
be it mental, physical or spiritual, we can
always translate love into action. Our entire
‘psycho-sphere’ is filled with organized hatred
and ignorance. The result is, most of the
resources in the world are spent today for evil
and not for good. Therefore, if we can create a
very very powerful spiritual force and get
linked to the Divine being we have in our
presence, then we can build in this world a
‘psycho-sphere’ filled with selflessness and
love. That is the kind of love we need today. We
have no time to lose. Lord Buddha repeatedly
said, May all beings be happy. He said, hatred
never ceases by hatred. Hatred ceases only by
love and forgiveness.

In today’s world,
there are a number of religions. When religions
lack spirituality, there arise a lot of
troubles. All over the world we have problems
because religions deviated from their original
path. What our great teacher Baba is trying to
do is to bring back the lost to their religions
so that the religions don’t have to fight with
one another. Please remember this – There can be
only one Buddha and one Baba for many thousands
of years. We have to make them live in our
hearts.

I first met Him in
1982 and spent over one and half hours in His
presence. He explained to me my weaknesses and
without my telling Him, He gave me guidance.
Every day whatever good I do, I pass the credit
to Him. As the 80th Birthday of Bhagawan is
coming, we all have an obligation. Have that
divinity in your heart. Never allow any ill will
and selfishness to come in your way. Also
believe that we can put an end to violence and
build a new world. Young people must take the
leadership.

Lord Buddha said,
“Abstain from all evil. Cultivate good. Purify
your mind. That is my teaching. And that is the
teaching that Bhagawan is giving us. Let us all
join together and spread this message
everywhere. In my own country, you know that
there had been a war going on. When I came in
1982, Bhagawan told me, “From next year, there
will be terrible violence in your country.” I
asked, “Can’t we avoid it?”. He said, “No, the
kind of collective bad karma you people did,
will have its consequences. But I will come one
day.”

So, it is my
fervent hope and also my greatest wish that, Sri
Sathya Sai Baba, coming to Srilanka will not
only usher peace into my country, but to the
world.

Lord Buddha said,
“Love all. Do compassionate service to all. That
is Karuna. Learn to get the joy of living. That
is Muditha. When you get the joy of living by
doing good things, some people will praise you
and some will blame you. Accept both name and
blame with equanimity. With this four
characteristics, namely, Mettha, Karuna, Muditha
and Upekha, you can rise to the level of
divinity.” Lord Buddha’s teachings are very much
on these lines, never dividing people based on
caste, creed and religion.

In the divine
presence of Bhagawan, let us all resolve that by
purification of our heart and mind and by
serving everybody irrespective of who that
person is, let us build a new society where
Dharma rules and not armaments.

on
Christianity…
Father Henry Fehren who chose to speak on the
theme Non-violence said that our past was not
negative and that we had learnt from it how to
distinguish between love and religious
hypocrisy. His speech began with a flashback of
an inspiring story of a woman in the US, Ms.
Dorothy Dey, who was an ardent follower of
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai baba and a strong
advocate of Non-violence who had spent the whole
of her life doing works of mercy in New York
City. She had established a House of Hospitality
in New York for the poor which had become a
Centre of Non-violence. She had even established
a Weekly Paper, Catholic
Worker, and sold it for a penny a copy.
Even after she was diseased some years ago, the
‘Catholic Worker’ was still going strong. It is
still being sold for a penny a copy even after
sixty years and there are number of ‘Houses of
Hospitalities’ all over the United States
advocating Non-violence. Now, Ms Dorothy is on
her way to being declared a Saint of
Non-violence by the Vatican.

He said, for him,
who was ordained to the Holy Catholic Church 57
years ago, Sai Baba was a great inspiration and
his trip to India was a pilgrimage. Referring to
Sai Baba’s teaching All
people are One Family of God, he pointed
out that “Sai Baba does not condemn any
religion”; instead, says, “we can learn from
them, find spiritual good in them. For every
person there is something hollow which cannot be
filled except by God. There are different
traditions of the way by which people try to
satisfy their religious longing. We must be
open…open our eyes…and be willing to learn and
realize that we are all made in the Image and
likeness of God. When we try to make God into
our Image and likeness then we will have
trouble. When we think we have God in our pocket
we are most likely to do evil in the name of
God”.

Referring to
Bhagawan’s teachings Father Ferren said, “His
teachings are highly impressive. I have come to
learn. We are all open minded and willing to
learn which certainly enrich our spiritual
lives. It is God who has given us identity…He
has created us and we have not brought ourselves
into this world. We do not need anything more
than God. Despise and stain others is an insult
to God for they too are children of God and God
loves them and God is in them. Jesus said I am
in the Father and the Father is in me. Sai Baba
teaches God is in each one of us and therefore
to offend anyone amounts to offend God. We must
see God in other people. So we cannot do evil to
someone in the name of God. If everyone
understands this there will be peace in the
world today.”

Mentioning Sai
Baba’s teachings and various incidents in the
illustrious life of Jesus Christ, Father Fehren
drew the point that real love is something which
prompts one to love against hatred, love against
indifference without any expectations. He said,
“Over and over, over the years, Jesus taught
love and exemplified it and he knew that his
unlimited love for everyone would cause his
torture and death, and yet his love was
unlimited. During his agony in the garden in the
night before his crucifixion, Peter, James and
John, his close disciples fell asleep and yet he
loved them; Peter publicly denied him…yet he
loved him. Judas betrayed him…yet he loved him.
Love was never easy or effortless. Scourging at
the pillar, crowning with thorns, abjured by
soldiers and bystanders, the crucifixion, nailed
to the cross for three hours, naked, and hanging
there, did Jesus condemn anyone? No, He still
loved them all…and from the cross he prayed,
Father! Forgive them for they know not what they
do.” Forgiveness is part of love and if we do
not forgive we do not love, said Father Henry.

Sai Baba did not
found any religion with concrete set of laws,
instead, with a great blessed vision, He advised
all to keep our own religion…and to realize who
we were and that God was living in everyone.

Recapitulating his
past, he illustrated from his own life as to how
God worked mysteriously over the years right
from his school days to help him to finally
become what he is now. At every juncture in his
life, where he was forced to face obstacles, he
was mysteriously helped by the unseen presence
of God. He added, “I have had too many
blessings…including the invitation to come to
Puttaparthi. Seen in misfortune, our lives could
be a blessing if only we let God have His way.
“One cannot compete with the Wisdom of God who
is within us…who fills us…who loves us. Man
proposes and God disposes.”

Concluding his
inspirational and enlightening rhetoric, quoting
St.Paul from his first letter written to the
Corinthians, Summon all after us, "If I speak in
the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not
have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging
cymbal; If I have prophetic powers and
understand all wisdom and if I have faith to
move mountains but have no love...I am nothing;
if I give away all that I have…and if I deliver
my body to be burned, but have no love… I gain
nothing. Love is kind; love is not envious or
boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist
on its own way; it is not irritable or
resentful; it does not rejoice in wrong-doing,
but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things,
believes all things, hopes all things, endures
all things. Love never ends. But as for
prophecies, they will come to an end; as for
tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it
will come to an end...And now faith, hope, and
love abide, these three; and the greatest of
these is love”, Father Henry said neither God
nor Love can be defined.

onJudaism…
Profoundly thanking Bhagawan for all the
spiritual guidance He had imparted 33 years ago
when he visited Prasanthi Nilayam, Mr. Zeller
said, it was so special to be back here and that
he was immensely benefited by that guidance from
Bhagawan which helped him to go back to his
path, his tradition. Addressing the gathering,
separately to his Brothers and Sisters from
India, Brothers and Sisters from all the world
traditions, cultures and religions and from
Israel, he said all are brothers and sisters as
all are children of the same God.

Strumming his
guitar, this internationally acclaimed singer
mesmerized the minds and conquered the hearts of
one and all with his rapturous, spontaneous and
mellifluous singing that must surely have taken
the gathering to the ecstatic heights of the
Kingdom of Peace and Bliss. One would wonder
whether the Gods of the highest heaven would
also be watching this graceful artiste through
the holes of heaven, if there be, when he was
heard in his sweet voice, singing his heart out,
praying to the Lord, in His immediate physical
presence. He sang… “This is the House, the House
of the Lord…I wish the best for you!!!”

Because of my
brothers and friends
Because of my sisters and friends
Please let me ask, please let me sing
Peace to you!

This is the house,
the house of the Lord
I wish the best for you!
This is the house, the house of the Lord
I wish the best for you!

While extending
his special greetings and honours to the
representatives of all major religious faith,
referring to the conference organized here, he
said that for him it was one of the miracles in
the world today that in the name of Peace…in the
name of Love, we could be together, hear each
other and open our hearts.

Drawing a parallel
between the human body and the body of human
kind, Mr. Zeller said, just like the body
becoming healthy due to the harmonious function
of all the organs, the body of human kind will
be healthy when all the cultures, traditions and
religions recognize each other and play their
roles for the health, peace, wholeness and love
of the entire humanity, all forms of life and
creation.

Referring to his
visit to Calcutta, ten years ago, representing
Judaism in the World Parliament of Religions, he
thanked Bhagawan for nudging and guiding him
back to his own tradition and also India as a
whole, the only country, according to him, in
the entire planet earth that allowed his people,
the Jews to live in peace for 2000 years.

Speaking about God
and the Divine mystery of creation, he posed a
question based on His religious philosophy: Why
was the world created? When God is infinite…God
is alone. It was for the sake of relationship,
for the sake of love that God created this
world. Because God wanted so much to have
someone to give that love to, that God was
willing to give up that infinite Oneness.

Admitting that he
could not be too serious, he said it was
important to have three Ls, i.e., to learn, to
love and to laugh. To drive down to the point as
to how Bhagawan would take care of His devotees
even at far away places, he narrated his own
experience in Puttaparthi, in his own genial
humorous style, when he had visited the ashram
33 long years ago as a yogi. He said he was
staying outside the ashram, bathing in the
river. Having had the experience of people
taking care of sadhus, he was used to this kind
of good practice. But, to his great shock he
found out Bhagawan’s saying that, we do not feed
the sadhus, you have got to work or do not eat.
He had a little bit of money that he was saving
and thus managed to buy a banana, a little
pea-nuts and tea. He was doing okay, every
morning he would come out for
darshan. Prasadam
would be distributed - round biscuits - after
Bhagawan came out of the room on to the balcony.
He was never impressed with the little round
biscuits, and told himself, ‘well this is not
going to fill me up’. A man came with trays full
of biscuits, knelt down to the person beside
him, lost his balance and the whole tray poured
into his lap. Yes, Bhagawan heard him; the
thought that evolved in his mind reached him and
He responded. To top it all, the whole day
everywhere people, be it in the tea shop or in
the canteen, would insist on him to have more
food or offer to pay on his behalf, saying you
never had enough to eat. He woke up in the
middle of the night with stomach ache. When he
was granted an interview after a week or so,
Baba referred to the stomach ache he had in the
midnight; He enquired about struggle in
meditating and concentrating and a rosary was
materialized and given which really meant so
much to him.

Acknowledging
profound heartfelt thanks to Bhagawan once again
for the great opportunity granted to him to be
here by keeping His heart open to all of them…he
said: ‘it means so much...it means so much to
all of us’. He sang the song ‘Shalome’ which
means peace, ‘it really means wholeness. You
can’t have peace if you do not feel that you are
all part of one greater whole’. He lamented that
what we call peace today is just a ceasefire.
What we call Peace of mind is just a ceasefire
of our thoughts for a couple of minutes. It is
not real peace.

Shalome…Shalome…Shalome…Shalome
(Sha…..aaa….lo…me…)
Shalome…Shalome…
Let there be Peace…
Shalome…Peace throughout the world…
Shalome…Peace in every heart
Shalome…God Bless You, thank you so much!
Shalome…Thank you Swami, Thank you Baba!
Shalome…Thank you to the Organisers
Thank you to everybody who did so much to make
it happen
Shalome…

On
Hinduism…Paying obeisance at the Lotus Feet of
Bhagawan and other Divine Forms and to Lord
Rama, whose mantra is the one that transports
one from the Samsara (worldly) to liberation,
Shastrigal said, the purpose of any Jiva is for
realizing the ultimate reality of Godhood. We
should always have love as the first object of
our lives and we are in the very presence of
love and divinity personified. This birth with
which we have been gifted must be considered as
good fortunate as we are able to have darshan of
Bhagawan who is nothing but the personification
of love, affection and kindness.

Referring to
Bhagawan’s immediate divine presence, he said
that we are immensely benefited and are
fortunate for we are receiving blessings from
the deity who is present before us through His
darshan. ‘Rama’ is the Taraka Mantra, that
transports one from the worldly to liberation
and here we are chanting Sai Ram, Sai Ram for
the divinity that is present before us. This is
the one and only mantra that exterminates all
foes. The quintessence of the Veda and
Upanishads is Sai Rama Mantra. Sathya Sai Rama
Mantra is the one that lifts up everyone from
the Samsara or transmigratory existence to the
place beyond spatio-temporal confines; it is the
Mantra which helps you at the appropriate time.

In the 86 years of
life of Panditji, he had two miraculous cures
from Bhagawan, which otherwise would not have
been possible. For the last fifty years it is
the opulence of Bhagawan that made him free from
all ailments which he has been suffering from.
He owed his walking and talking in the Divine
presence to the Grace and Blessings conferred by
Bhagawan.

With his profound
knowledge in Sanskrit and understanding of
Spirituality and ritualistic worship, Panditji
extolled the Divine Persona in Bhagawan by
composing instant verses praising His Divinity.

Concluding his
speech Shastrigal once again thanked Bhagawan
for having given such a wonderful opportunity
which he attributed to the merits of his past
lives.